[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham City Council
Date:
1908
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    ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH for the year 1908, for the County Borough of NOTTINGHAM (City) on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Aet, 1901, in connection with FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, AND HOME-WORK. [Inspectors William Flint and Sophie A. Buckoll, Cert, R. San. I.] 1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances. Number of Premises. (1) Inspections. (2) Written Notices. (3) Prosecutions O) Factories 400 29 (Including Factory Laundries.) Workshops .. 3,200 61 (Including Workshop Laundries.) Workplaces , * • • • • (Other than Outworkers’ premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) Total .. 3,600 90 • • 2.—Defects Found in Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces. Number of Defects. Number Particulars. Referred of Found. Remedied. to H.M. Prosecu- (1) Inspector. tions. (2) (3) O) (5) Nuisances under the Public Health Acts Want of Cleanliness 175 158 Want of Ventilation 17 16 Overcrowding 4 4 Want of drainage of floors .. 4 4 Other nuisances 224 220 ,0 (insufficient 12 10 tbamtary accom- ., , , , ,. 1 n , • 1 unsuitable or detective modation .. , , , (not separate for sexes 30 5 28 5 Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— Illegal occupation of underground bake- house (S. 101) Breach of special sanitary requirements • • • • for bakehouses (SS. 97 to 100) .. 197 182 Other offences • • • • (Excluding offences relating to out- work which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) Total .. 668 627 * Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. t Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been adopted by the Nottingham City Council, but the standard of sanitary accommodation enforced is that of the Sanitary Accommodation Order of the Home Office, dated 4th February, 1903.